Nehemiah 6:5

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⁵Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me with a fifth message, this one in the form of an unsealed letter.^l

lunsealed letter: Leaving a letter unsealed was a deliberate way of making certain that its contents would become widely known.

In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.

Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent his aide to me with the same message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter

Sanballat sent me this same message a fifth time by his aide, who had an open letter in his hand.

The fifth time, Sanballat’s servant came with an open letter in his hand,

And Sanballat sent his servant with an open letter, another word like this to me a fifth time, in his hand.

Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;

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